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Games of Love and Chance
Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive) is Abdellatif Kechiche's 2003 French comedy-drama about banlieue teenagers rehearsing Marivaux; it won four Césars in 2005, including Best Film and Best Director.
Go (GO) (2001 film)
Go is a 2001 Japanese coming-of-age drama directed by Isao Yukisada, starring Yōsuke Kubozuka as the son of Korean residents in Japan who falls for a Japanese classmate.
Gregory's Girl
Gregory's Girl (1980, UK release 1981) is Bill Forsyth's Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy set in Cumbernauld, starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, and Clare Grogan; it won the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay.
Güeros
Güeros is a 2014 Mexican black-and-white road-movie comedy-drama, Alonso Ruizpalacios's debut, set during the 1999-2000 UNAM student strike; it won Berlinale Best First Film, San Sebastián Horizontes, Tribeca prizes, and five Ariel Awards.
Gully (film)
Gully (2021 film), not Gully Boy or the 2026 Telugu series: Nabil Elderkin's crime drama debut starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Charlie Plummer, Jacob Latimore; Tribeca 2019, released June 2021, 84 min, R, $22,517 gross.
Hana and Alice (花とアリス)
Hana and Alice (花とアリス, Hana to Arisu) is a 2004 Japanese youth drama by Shunji Iwai, starring Anne Suzuki and Yu Aoi as friends in a love triangle, expanded from KitKat web shorts, with a 2015 animated prequel.
Handsome Devil (film)
Handsome Devil is a 2016 Irish comedy-drama by John Butler about outcast Ned Roche and rugby star Conor Masters at a boarding school, starring Fionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, and Andrew Scott; it won Best Irish Feature at Dublin 2017.
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968 film)
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is a 1968 British coming-of-age comedy directed by Clive Donner, adapted by Hunter Davies from his 1965 novel, starring Barry Evans as a Stevenage teenager trying to lose his virginity, with a Traffic and Spencer Davis Group soundtrack.
Hick (film)
Hick is a 2011 American road drama directed by Derick Martini, adapted from Andrea Portes's novel, starring Chloë Grace Moretz as runaway teen Luli; premiered at TIFF 2011, released May 2012, Metascore 28.
Ho Mann Jahaan (ہو من جہاں)
Ho Mann Jahaan (ہو من جہاں) is a 2016 Pakistani Urdu musical drama, Asim Raza's directorial debut, starring Mahira Khan, Adeel Hussain, and Sheheryar Munawar as music-loving friends; released January 1, 2016.
Honor Society (film)
Honor Society is a 2022 Paramount+ teen comedy, Oran Zegman's directorial debut, written by David A. Goodman, starring Angourie Rice as an ambitious senior scheming for a Harvard recommendation who falls for rival Michael (Gaten Matarazzo).
Hounddog (film)
Hounddog, a 2007 independent drama by Deborah Kampmeier starring Dakota Fanning as Lewellen, an Elvis-loving girl in 1950s Alabama; notorious for its Sundance rape-scene controversy, re-edited before its 2008 release.
House of Hummingbird (벌새)
House of Hummingbird (벌새, Beol-sae) is Kim Bo-ra's 2018 South Korean coming-of-age debut feature, set in 1994 Seoul, starring Park Ji-hu as 14-year-old Eun-hee; it won the Berlin Generation 14plus Grand Prix, three Tribeca awards, and 34 festival prizes total.
How to Have Sex
How to Have Sex is a 2023 British drama, the debut feature of writer-director Molly Manning Walker, following three teenage girls on a clubbing holiday in Malia, Crete. It won Cannes' Un Certain Regard 2023, earned BAFTA nominations, and stars Mia McKenna-Bruce as Tara.
Human Traffic
Human Traffic (1999) is Justin Kerrigan's Cardiff-set British comedy-drama about five friends, including John Simm and Danny Dyer, escaping weekday jobs for a drug-fueled clubbing weekend; a Cool Cymru cult classic, 4K-restored in 2025.
I Killed My Mother
I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) is Xavier Dolan's 2009 semi-autobiographical Canadian debut drama about a gay teen and his mother; it won three Cannes Directors' Fortnight awards and the 2010 Jutra for Best Film.
I Vitelloni
I Vitelloni (1953) is Federico Fellini's second solo feature, a semiautobiographical comedy-drama about five idle young men in an Adriatic seaside town, with Alberto Sordi and Franco Fabrizi, music by Nino Rota, an Oscar screenplay nomination, and lasting influence on Mean Streets and American Graffiti.
Igby Goes Down
Igby Goes Down is a 2002 American comedy-drama, Burr Steers's directorial debut, starring Kieran Culkin as a rebellious 17-year-old at war with his wealthy family's world of privilege.
In Our Time (光阴的故事)
In Our Time (光阴的故事, 1982) is a Taiwanese four-segment anthology film by Tao Te-chen, Edward Yang, Ko I-chen, and Chang Yi, produced by Central Motion Pictures and regarded as the starting point of the Taiwan New Cinema movement.
In the Heat of the Sun (阳光灿烂的日子)
In the Heat of the Sun (阳光灿烂的日子) is Jiang Wen's 1994 directorial debut, adapted from Wang Shuo's Wild Beasts, a coming-of-age film set in 1970s Beijing military compounds, starring Xia Yu, who won Venice's Volpi Cup, and a 1995 mainland box-office champion.
Inventing the Abbotts
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) is a coming-of-age drama directed by Pat O'Connor, adapted by Ken Hixon from Sue Miller's short story, about the Holt brothers and Abbott sisters in Haley, Illinois, 1957-60, released by 20th Century Fox.
John and the Hole
John and the Hole is a 2021 American psychological thriller, Pascual Sisto's directorial debut, written by Nicolás Giacobone from his short story El Pozo, in which 13-year-old John traps his family in a bunker; premiered at Sundance 2021, released by IFC Films.
Juno (film)
Juno (2007) is a comedy-drama directed by Jason Reitman, written by Diablo Cody, starring Elliot Page as a pregnant teen arranging an adoption; it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and grossed $143.5M in the US.
Kes (film)
Kes (1969) is Ken Loach's British social-realist drama, adapted from Barry Hines's novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about Barnsley schoolboy Billy Casper (David Bradley) training a kestrel; 7th in the BFI's 1999 greatest British films poll.
Kids (film)
Kids is a 1995 American independent drama film directed by Larry Clark and written by Harmony Korine, which follows New York teenagers through a pseudo-documentary style.
Kidulthood
Kidulthood (KiDULTHOOD) is a 2006 British drama directed by Menhaj Huda, written by Noel Clarke, about West London teens on a day off after a classmate's suicide; first of the Kidulthood-Adulthood-Brotherhood trilogy.
Killa (killa)
Killa (किल्ला, "The Fort") is a 2014 Marathi coming-of-age drama, Avinash Arun's debut, about 11-year-old Chinmay resettled in Konkan after his father's death; it won the Berlinale Crystal Bear (Generation Kplus) and the National Award for Best Marathi Film.
Kisses
Kisses (2008) is an Irish-Swedish drama by Lance Daly in which pre-teens Kylie (Kelly O'Neill) and Dylan (Shane Curry) run away at Christmas to inner-city Dublin; Galway award winner, shot black-and-white turning to color.
Koizora (恋空)
Koizora (恋空, Sky of Love) is Mika's 2005 cell phone novel from Mahou no i-rando, published in books in 2006, adapted into a 2007 Toho film directed by Natsuki Imai starring Yui Aragaki and Haruma Miura, and a 2008 TBS drama.
Krystal (film)
Krystal is a 2017 American comedy-drama, also known as Keep Coming Back, directed by and co-starring William H. Macy, with Rosario Dawson and Nick Robinson; released April 13, 2018 by Paladin, it grossed $37,516 and scored 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.